Support for window drapery



Aug. 19, 1930.

A. J. MATE-HAS SUPPORT FOR WINDOW DRAPERY Filed Jan. 22

Patented A g. 19, mo

* m mm ALBERT J. Marni-As, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA p snrronr roawmnow nRArEnY Application filed January 22.1929. Serial No. 334,188.

My invention relates to a support for win.- dow drapery. i r A purpose of my invention is to simplify and 'ohea en the inst allation and removal of window rapery.

A further purpose is to mounta valance upon a wire framework rerhovably mountable above a window.

A further purpose is to removably mount side drape 'supports and a curtain support upona valance support that is adaptedto be removably mounted above a window.

A further purpose is to clamp theend of one piece of a multi-piece valance against the adjoining end of another pieceof the multipiece valance between members that are rela tively movable andof which one is preferably fixed to a definite position on a frame support for the valance, I

A further purpose is to clamp the adjoining ends of adjacent pieces of a multi-piece valance between relatively movable angle strips having registering rows of perforations, clamping the strips upon the piece ends by threading the strips together through the perforations.

Further purposes will appear in the specification and in the claims. r

I have elected to show one only of the different forms of my invention, selecting a form that is practical and efiicient in operation and which well illustrates the principles involved. I

ed upon a window frame. I

Figure 2 is afront elevation of: the structure shown in Figurel. a Figure 3 is a left end elevation of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a front elevation ofthe structure of Figures 1 to 5 shown supporting window draperies.

Figure 5 is a section taken upon the line 5-5 of Figure' l.

Figure l is a top plan view of frame structure embodying-my invention, shown mount shownin Figure 2.

Figure dis a perspective view illustrating a detail. I I

Like numerals refer to like parts in all figures. I Describing in illustration and not in limitation and referring to the drawings 7 My invention is directed at providinga convenient and inexpensive wire support for allof the drapery members of a window, a support that permits the different draperies 5 for the'window to be'quickly and definitely placed in their proper positions, making it easy toiobtainsuitable uniformity in the placementof the draperies of different windows and that adapts all the draperies of an 36 individual window to be handled as a unit, the support: being readily lifted out ofthe way or put in place with all of thewindow draperies attached.

The invention isalso directed at desirable 5 detail features of a valance support for use in mounting and forming multi-piece valances or decoration portions thereof. i My drapery support comprises a wire framework in which top and bottom wires 7 lOand 11, that respectively form the perimetral or bounding members of the top and bottom of the framework support, are held together and stiffened by suitable tie wires.

The top wire .10, preferablyv continuous in that it preferably returns upon itself, includes "a front portion 12, end portions 13 and 14 and a back portion '15, the front and endportions forming the top of the valance support, and the front and back'portions d-e- 0' sirably being of substantially the same elevation except that the front wire bends in a vertical plane to accord with any desired top line of the valance.

Frequently the valance includes a central 5 decoration 17 that extends higher than the side-portions 18 of the valance, and the central portion of the top wire is then correspondingly bent into the desired shape, as

The top and bottom wires are connected to one another by the vertically extending strips 19 which are soldered or otherwise fastened to the top and bottom wires. Some of the vertically extending wires 19 that tie the bottom and top portions of the framework are bent horizontally and extended at 20 to con nect the. back and front portions of the top wire, serving to stiffen the top of the framework. 7 7

Window frames usually carry a projecting bead 21, Figure 3, and the back tie members are shown with offsetting bends 22 in order to avoid any engagement between the back tie members and the bead 21.

I removablymountthe curtain rod 23 and the side drape rods 24 and 25 upon my frame work, inside the space included by the front and ends of the valance support.

The opposite endsof the curtainrod are rem vably supported near the ends of the framework in vertical sockets 26, the curtain rod preferably comprising a main intermediate portion 27 extending for nearly the length of the framework support, portions 28 extending horizontally inwardly to-the vertical. sockets and vertical ends 29 fitting into the sockets 26.

The side drape rods are shown alike and extend toward one another from opposite ends of the framework, being preferably made to definitely position the side drapes 30 which hang at opposite sides of a window.

The outer end of the side drape rod is desirably received in a vertical socket 31, the rod bending horizontally outward from the top of this socket and then curving horizontally toward the other side of the window extending generally parallel to the curtain rodalong the length of the framework for any desired distance. a distance that is usually determined by the desired width of the side drape. It then bends upwardly at 32 and again downwardly at 33 to hook over a horizontal support 34 which is conveniently a tie member between the front and rear portions of the top wire member 10.

The upwardly bending portion of the side drape'rod prevents the side drape from being displaced inwardly from the side of the window.

If desired the two side drape rods may be replaced by a single rod exactly similar to the curtain rod 23 except that it is preferably spaced outside'of the curtain rod in order to provide suitable spacing between the draperies respectively supported by the two ro s. i

The vertical sockets 26 and 31 that receive the downwardly bent ends of the curtain rod and of the side drape rod desirably comprise tubular bends upon the ends of a cross piece 35which is mounted upon a metal strip 36 connectingtheback portions of the top and bottom wire members and preferably provided with a suitable offsetting bend in order to be out of the way of the usual horizontal bead upon the window frame. The sockets may be bent from the strip as in Figure 3.

Thestrips 36 carrying the vertical sockets are preferably'alike at opposite ends of the framework and are fastened at top and bottom to the back portions of the top and bottom wire members respectively in any suitable way.

I show the sheet metal strips 36 with invertedkeyholes 37 for use in supporting the whole structure upon a window frame. In the illustration screws 38 project from the window frame 39 and have screw shanks registering with the narrow-portions of the inverted keyholes and supporting the structure.

The-heads of the screws are too large to pass through the narrow portion of the keyholes but too'small to fail to easily pass through the enlarged portion of the keyholes and the supporting screws in obvious manner hold the structure from longitudinal movement and also hold it from tipping outwardly under, the weight of the draperies about its lower inner edge.

It frequently happens that the valance is provided with a central decoration which in the illustration, Figureb, is made up of three valance pieces 40,41 and 42 which may be of differentcolors and have different contours at top and bottom according to individual taste.

I provide means for easily mounting and fastening these difierent pieces to place at the ends. I give the top and bottom wires either or both a special contour according to the desired contour ofthe central decoration and provide a pair of cooperating clamping members 43 and 44 extending between the top and'bottom wires at the adjoining ends of adjacent pieces adapted to clamp the ends ofthe adjacent pieces together in exact position.

Each pair of cooperating clamps includes a member 44 which is fixedto the framework top and bottom and a cooperating member 43 adaptedto move with respect to the fixed member, the member 43 being slidably connected at its ends to the wires 10 and 11.

Desirably the cooperating clamping members comprise metal angle sections with the inwardly extending flats adapted to be clamped together face to face and provided with registering rows of perforations 45 and 46. The inwardly extending face of the fixed member 44 determines the position of the division line between the two pieces of the valance.

The ends of the adjoining valance pieces are pulled between the clamping members while the movable member 43 is somewhat away from the fixed member 44, are then stretched by pulling the member 43 up to the stationary member A l, the members being piece valance, the front of said frame includmg upper and lower wires, a pair of clampfastened together upon the ends of the valance pieces by sewing the members together through the registering rows of perforations.

Obviously the style of the framework may be widely varied according to varianceof individual tastes and according to the require merits of different kinds of draperies to be supported.

It will be seen that I have provided a wire framework valance support that in addition to supporting the valance greatly simplifies the exact positioning and forming of the valance, the positioning of the curtain and of the side drapes, so that all of the draperies of individual windows are handled as a unit and so that the draperies of different windows are assured a suitable uniformity in appearance.

It will also be seen that I have provided a form of support for the central decoration of a Inulti-piece valance that greatly simplilies the construction of the individual decorations and simplifies an easy duplication in the valance decorations at different windows.

In view of my invention and disclosure variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtlessbecome evident to others skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of my invention without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claim all such in so far as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v

1. A wire frame support for a valance, a horizontal curtain rod having the main portion of its length spaced outwardly from the back of the support and having ends bent inwardly and then downwardly and tubular socket members upon the support receiving the downwardly bent portion of the ends, the socket members being mounted upon the back of the support so that the curtain rod is adapted to be held by its downwardly bent ends with its body portion suitably spaced outwardly from the back of the support.

2. A wire frame valance support, a vertically tubular socket mounted upon the back portion of the support and a side drapesupport having an end fitting in the socket and above the socket bending horizontally out-- wardly and then horizontally curving to extend generally parallel to the front of the valance toward the middle of the support, then bending upwardly and reversely bent to provide a hook, and a transverse piece under and supporting the hook extending from the back to the front of the frame, so that the side drape support is adapted to be lifted away by removing its one end from the tubular socket and its hook end from the transverse piece.

3. A wire'frame for the support of a multiand to clamp'the adj oining'endsof adjacent valance. pieces against the other member, and

'means for maintaining the said one member in its clamping position.

4. Ina wire frame support for a multipiece valance, a frame front including upper and lower wires, a pair of'clamping members supported at opposite ends by the said upper I p and lower wires, oneof the members being adapted to move with respect to the other.

and the members having inwardly directed flat portions each having a row of perforations registering with a corresponding row of perforations on the other so that the members may be threaded together through the perforations upon the ends of valance pieces between the members.

5. A valance frame support, a wire along 7 the front at the bottom thereof, another wire along the front at the top thereof, cooperating clampingmembers carried between the wires relatively movable and adapted to re ceive between them the adjoining ends of a multi-piece valance, one of the members being fastened with respect to the frame and the other movable on the frame.

6. A valance frame support, a wire along the front at the bottom therefore, another wire along the front at the top thereof, a plurality of pairs of cooperating clamping members carried between the wires and each pair including a fixed member and a movable member, the two members being adapted to receive between them the adjoining ends of a multi-piece valance and the fixed members of the different pairs being spaced symmetrically with respect to the center of the frame.

7. In a window drapery support, a wire frame support for a valance, a back portion having upper and lower horizontal rods, a pair of horizontally spaced metal strips one near each end of the frame carried by and connected at its opposite ends to the vertically spaced rods, and a pair of horizontally spaced vertical tubular sockets upon opposite sides of each strip, respectively adapted to receive one end of a curtain rod and one end of a side drape rod, in combination with I back thereof, a curtain rod having Vertical ends fitting one of the sockets at each end of the frame and above the socket bent horizontally outwardly and then horizontally parallel to the window toward the otherend of the'support and a pair of side drape supports each having one end fitting in the other tubular socket at one end of the support and bent horizontally outwardly and curving horizontally parallel to the window to a point near the middle of the support and then bent up and reversely bent into a hook and a portion of the frame under the hook supporting the inner end of the side drape rod.- ALBERT J. MATHIAS. 

